Asus UL30A

MarcLister · 31 Jul 2010 at 18:52

olivier renault said:
hold on a sec before you shell out £100.

I've installed Win 7 from a retail copy of Windows 7 Home edition, used the notebook key, and it worked for me. but it's not a OEM version, which could be your problem.

Also, 'apparently' you can download Windows Home edition (no hacks) from microsoft. Haven't tried though.

http://forum.notebookreview.com/win...-7-download-links-just-like-vista-before.html

Basically, if you can grab a copy of Win 7 home edition retail (from friends, work, familly, microsoft...), and use the key under the laptop, you should be all right.

That didn't work.

I tried the W7 x64 ISO and used the key from the UL30 in a VirtualBox environment and no go.

olivier renault · 31 Jul 2010 at 23:24

Axel40 said:
Thats a shame

I suppose, but you can never miss something you never had

Although I've bound the three finger tap to 'back', as it was a reall hassle otherwise

Gux · 2 Aug 2010 at 20:42

Anyone know where can I get Asus UL80VT model in the UK for £400? The model I am after has Celeron SU2300 CPU, not the Core 2 Duo SU7300. PC World, Dixons & Currys used to sell them but it seems it has gone out of stock everyone all of a sudden...

Axel40 · 5 Aug 2010 at 21:54

Anyone have this connected to network drives over the wireless??

Very annoying issue: Start up the laptop, windows says it cannot connect to the drives. This is because the wireless hasn't turned on yet, and usually comes on 5 secs or so later!

Any way i can force it to stay on? Why isn't there a hardware switch!!

BlackCoat2k10 · 5 Aug 2010 at 22:09

Gux said:
Anyone know where can I get Asus UL80VT model in the UK for £400? The model I am after has Celeron SU2300 CPU, not the Core 2 Duo SU7300. PC World, Dixons & Currys used to sell them but it seems it has gone out of stock everyone all of a sudden...

Im in the same boat - I cant find this any where and I think it would be perfect for my next year of uni as it'll save me a lot of hassle.

Any one seen any in teh wilds?

Axel40 · 5 Aug 2010 at 22:16

Its been discontinued by DSG

housejunkie · 24 Aug 2010 at 10:19

hi guys,

where do i get an UL30A for 349 pounds? can't find it anywhere. any links?

thanks!!!

Azza · 24 Aug 2010 at 10:28

housejunkie said:
hi guys,

where do i get an UL30A for 349 pounds? can't find it anywhere. any links?

thanks!!!

Car Phone Warehouse were selling them at that price but now they are not. Don't think any where else does them that cheap now.

housejunkie · 24 Aug 2010 at 10:39

thanks! t130 it is. it's for my gf's mum. doubt she'll know the diff. as long as it's around 300pounds.

Tinders · 24 Aug 2010 at 13:22

Have a look on hotukdeals, theres a few deals knocking about for the Acer equivalent of this (3810t) .

housejunkie · 26 Aug 2010 at 06:33

http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/Acer...ws_7_Laptop_LX.PCR02.021/version.asp?PID=1374

looks like a nice one. 100quad off with promo code

roadie · 26 Aug 2010 at 15:16

Acer 3810TZG (LX.PED02.015) for £400 looks like the best deal out there at the moment if the ASUS is unavailable. I'm sorely tempted by one to use as a travel companion and for the F1 live timing etc when on the sofa.

DefiantAsh · 28 Aug 2010 at 18:23

housejunkie said:
http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/Acer...ws_7_Laptop_LX.PCR02.021/version.asp?PID=1374

looks like a nice one. 100quad off with promo code

, but watch out, seen this company before, i browsed it looking for cheap netbooks and they seem to run quite a few different websites, selling the same items, with similar names but using the same website template. AND that laptop doesn't come with an optical drive, so watch out

TheVoice · 29 Aug 2010 at 00:30

DefiantAsh said:
AND that laptop doesn't come with an optical drive, so watch out

That's the entire point. Ultra-portable notebooks sacrifice raw performance and an optical drive for the sake of being lighter, thinner and offering very impressive battery life.

Seems like a legitimate enough company to me, they've got a physical showroom in any case so I can't see any issues. housejunkie shouldn't really be linking to competitors in the first place however.

DefiantAsh · 29 Aug 2010 at 20:41

TheVoice said:
That's the entire point. Ultra-portable notebooks sacrifice raw performance and an optical drive for the sake of being lighter, thinner and offering very impressive battery life.

Seems like a legitimate enough company to me, they've got a physical showroom in any case so I can't see any issues. housejunkie shouldn't really be linking to competitors in the first place however.

mhmm i spose, just had read reviews of the company and people said they have terrible customer service when trying to send back or get their laptop repaired, but ye, does seem a good little company.

big tom 83 · 4 Sep 2010 at 20:12

manic111 said:
Just been offered a £400 budget by work to get a laptop for my travels (working travels unfortunately ). Will I get better than this?

The vast majority of the time,Word, Excel, Outlook, MSN Messenger, and either Winamp or Spotify will be running. Will this handle all of that at once?

Will it also handle Football Manager? That's make or break for me

Cheers! Is there anything better for the money?

EDIT: Am also looking at the HP Pavilion DM3-1112SA. Much difference?

hi,
i was wondering did you purchase Asus UL30 and if so how does Football Manager run on it, as i'm thinking of buying one.
thanks

Tinders · 6 Sep 2010 at 00:06

Footy manager 2010 works spot on dude, well impressed with the machine in terms of processing power.

twe · 6 Sep 2010 at 11:25

Am thinking of selling mine as I need something a bit more powerful for video editing....

What sort of prices are these going for?

Thanks.

MarcLister · 6 Sep 2010 at 18:21

I got mine, with a bag and delivery for about £325.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18165330&highlight=username_MarcLister

Azza · 6 Sep 2010 at 18:37

I wish I bought one of these when the CPW had them!!

If I had known FM 2010 works fine then that would have convinced me I think.

Need to find a different ULV or slim laptop with a really good battery life for around the same price now.